Authors note- the spaceship is the replicator's ship.

Gary Hobson rolled over in bed and turned off his alarm clock as it turned to 6:30 and a meow issued forth from the door. As he got out of bed and stumbled toward the door, he complained "One day, Cat. Why not one day off?"

Gary opened the door and saw what he saw every morning. A ginger tabby cat sitting on a newspaper. Specifically tomorrow's newspaper. The cat in question flicked its ear and walked into his cheap hotel room before it proclaimed its hunger by meowing loudly.

Gary sighed. It seemed as if he would never get a day off. Then he picked up the paper and reentered his apartment. Then he flipped through the newspaper before stopping and turning back to the front page.

"Aliens Attack?" he read out loud, in the sort of tone that conveys shock and incredulity but takes weeks, for even the best actor, to practice.

…...

"What does the article say?" asked Marissa, holding a cup of coffee. They were at a cheap diner.

"Reports of a so-called alien spaceship came in around 7:45 in the Colorado Springs area. It headed toward the military base known as NORAD," Gary read from the paper.

"Gary, aren't you going to do something?" Marissa asked shock evident in her voice.

"Do what? What can I do?" he snapped back.

"Call them, warn them."

"And tell them what? Aliens are coming and landing by the base?" Gary asked incredulously.

"That sounds like a great idea for a movie," said Chuck, sliding into the seat right next to him.

"Chuck, look at this," said Gary and he handed the paper to Chuck.

"What, the mayor approving the school spending plan?"

"What? No, the whole aliens…" Gary trailed off as he grabbed the paper and looked at the headline."What? It was right there!"

"Well it's not anymore, "Chuck said, stating the obvious." Now, give me the sports section. No? Financials then?"

"So what happened?" Gary said to himself knowing that he would probably never know.